A number of things make this
Top Flite advertisement from the December 1954 edition of Air Trails surprising. First, did you even know that Top Flite
used to make anything other than large radio controlled model airplanes? Second, did you know that the great
Carl Goldberg was a model designer
for Top Flite before he started his own model airplane company?
Third, did you know Top Flite used to make small molded balsa models for Jetex
engines?

This ad offered an F-86 Sabre Jet and a Douglas Skyrocket for $1 each. Use the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics' inflation calculator to see what items
cost in today's dollars. For instance, that $1.00 pricetag would be $8.64 in 2013 money.

Even during the busiest times of my life I have endeavored to maintain some form
of model building activity. This site has been created to help me chronicle my journey
through a lifelong involvement in model aviation, which
all began in Mayo,
MD ...